K-8 Teacher Job Description

Though we are primarily focused on academics, you must be comfortable using technology and supporting new users of technology while you work from your home.

As part of your regular teaching responsibilities, you will:

• Know the curriculum in its entirety for grade levels K-8.
• Support parents with student placement, curriculum, and instructional issues
• Support parents with school set-up and logistics questions
• Support parents and students with basic computer set-up, navigation, and troubleshooting
• Respond within 24 hours to parent inquiries via phone and/or e-mail during regular work week
• Proactively track student academic progress and attendance on a weekly basis
• Conduct face-to-face meetings every 50 days with parents/responsible adults and students to assess each student's progress, learning style, and any other academic, social, or developmental issues.
• Conduct biweekly conferences with parents/responsible adults to assess each student's progress, learning style, and any other academic, social, or developmental issues
• Generate informal and formal reports based on conferences
• Collect, review, and evaluate student work samples
• Grade and submit work in a professional and timely manner
• Ensure compliance with state requirements
• Proactively check on student progress and e-mail or call families whenever a warning sign emerges
• Alert administrators of any concerns about student progress
• Track and verify that attendance hours are being logged and correlate with number of lessons completed
• Complete monthly attendance spreadsheets to be used for state attendance reporting
• Make placement and promotion decisions
• Process student change in placement, as needed
• Write reports and assign grades for semester progress reports
• Research and create lessons that complement/supplement the school's program and student academic needs
• Organize orientation, training, social, and educational activities for students and families including community building activities such as school outings, service-learning opportunities, clubs, and events
• Take part in managing a discussion board
• Contribute to the California Virtual Academies monthly newsletter
• Participate in a weekly teacher conference call as needed
• Participate in monthly regional professional development activities
• Work with the administration to prepare students for standardized tests (including the logistics of selecting testing sites)
• Serve as proctors for site-based proctored exams
• Utilize and test new technologies before families and students implement them
• Participate in the school's self-evaluation program
• Track the delivery and return of materials and computer equipment
• Support school administrators with information sessions
• Lead parent orientations during late summer and early fall
• Create two personal Professional Development Projects
• Conduct parent trainings
• Assist with various projects throughout the year with colleagues and administration, as needed
• Travel regularly within and between assigned geographic areas to support students; attend regularly scheduled meetings; and participate in school activities, open houses, expos, and orientations
  

• Reside in the state of California
• Bachelor's degree
• Three or more years of teaching experience
• Shared view of the virtual academy's mission
• Strong content and subject-matter knowledge
• Appropriate state certification
• Ability to support and guide adults, as well as students
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Organization and time-management skills
• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, and Outlook, and experience using them in a professional capacity
• Flexible schedule

• Experience working with the proposed age groups and mixed age groups
• Knowledge of alternative public school environments, including charter schools
• Ability to serve K-8 student population
• An understanding of virtual schooling environments
• Special education training and experience (as enrollment dictates)
• Experience using Internet search engines
• Experience using a student information system and/or other type of database
• An ability to learn new technology tools quickly (e.g., database and web-based tools)
• An ability to support adults with basic computer setup and navigation
  

Full-time compensation includes salary commensurate with background and experience, and complete benefits package.
Part-time compensation includes payment per student on a monthly basis.

Compensation includes competitive salary commensurate with background, experience, and other similar programs, and a benefits package. All teachers are provided with a computer, high-speed Internet access, and a second phone line. The school will only consider top candidates with relevant experience and a proven track record.